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"It cost about $500 to do and a lot of work and glue went into it. We went insane with the amount of glue and cutting we had to do but it worked out really well and everyone always smiles when they see the car."

Tim said he recently upgraded to an Alfa Romeo and was not fussed how much he got for the AstroTurf car.

He bought it about five years ago and it has more than 218,000km on the clock.

Tim (last name withheld ) with the car he astro-turfed and is selling on EBay. Picture: Mike Batterham

"I listed it with a starting price of 1," he said. "If it gets $20, I'm fine with that. I've had a lot of people say they want me to AstroTurf their car so I figured someone would want this one."

There were eight days left on the auction last night. In the sale description, Tim said it was perfect for any business or private use but it had a few leaks.

"It draws more attention than a Ferrari (plus you don't look like a douche)," he wrote. "Since you are awesome you won't care that it doesn't come with rego or safety certificate, but it does come with spare astroturf."

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